Entirely possible. I remember one of the questions that I asked my Hugh school oceanography teacher that he had no answer for. The daily tides....highest tide following the gravitic influences of the sun and moon. So why a second high surge on the opposite side of the first? My answer.: counterbalance. Liquid stabilizing what would otherwise be a wildly out of balance rotation.
An oceanographer who could not answer that most basic question??
Well I guess somebody must be on the bottom of the bell curve when grading in college
Sorta half right. Tides are caused by an imbalance between gravitational and centrifugal force. Centrifugal force and gravity only balance at the center of mass of the earth. When the moon, or sun is overhead (and they always overhead somewhere), on the surface gravity is stronger and centrifugal force weaker than average, so water flows in the direction of the attracting body. When the moon or sun are on the opposite side of the earth, we are moving on a larger lever arm, and centrifugal force is stronger than on average, and gravity is weaker, and water flows away from the attracting body.